Catch Me If You Can

The narrator says that most of the runners fall down during the race, exhausted. What does the word exhausted mean as it is used in the play?

• A weary from activity

• B out of balance

• C in pain

• D empty

3 Which pair of words best describe Young John?

• A patient and calm

• B funny and amusing

• C eager and responsible

• D fair and understanding

4 What happens at the end of the play?

• A Atalanta goes to China and Young John goes to the Pyramids.

• B The king travels to the Grand Canyon with the spectators.

• C Atalanta and Young John get married.

• D The king decides to hold a new race.

5 Which sentence best states the theme of the play?

• A Working together helps people become friends.

• B People should be allowed to plan their own lives.

• C Children should listen to those with more experience.

• D Traveling to different parts of the world is important.

Which word means "act with a lot of love and admiration"?

• adoringly

• capable

• spectators

• disbelief

Which word means "have the skill or ability to do something"?

• capable

• spectators

• disbelief

• surge

Which word means "people who watch an event, such as a sports competition"?

• spectators

• disbelief

• surge

• perished

Which word means "not believing something is true"?

• disbelief

• surge

• perished

• debris

Which word means "sudden large increase in its depth of water"?

• surge

• perished

• debris

• adoringly

Which word means "died"?

• perished

• debris

• adoringly

• capable